"I had
never done anything with blue screen before, or prosthetics,
or anything like that. Lord of the Rings was like stepping
into a videogame for me. It was another world completely.
But, to be honest, I basically did it so that I could have
the ears. I thought they would really work with my bare head."

"I don't have
a sense of entitlement or that I deserve this. You'd be
surprised at the lack of competition between nominees - I
think a lot of it's imposed from the outside. Can I have my
champagne now?"

"If you
know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously."

"If I had
my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my
entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement
without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state."

"You know
you've made it when you've been moulded in miniature plastic.
But you know what children do with Barbie dolls - it's a bit
scary, actually. "

"Look,
it's one of the great mysteries of the world, I cannot
answer that question. I think I'm vaguely blonde. To be
perfectly frank, I don't know."

"Working
with Martin Scorsese was an absolute minute-by-minute
education without him ever being grandiose about it."

"Thank
you to Martin Scorsese - I hope my son will marry your
daughter."